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title: "Ex Libris"
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# Ex Libris

**Brand:** anne fadiman
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## Customer Reviews

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    Collection of 18 essays
  

*by H***Y on Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2021*

This slim volume (162 pages, including the acknowledgements) has been on my bookshelf for quite a while, just waiting to be read.  It was purchased after a writing/reading blogger I follow mentioned it more than once as a book which significantly influenced her reading and had a life-long impact.Like any essay collection, some I enjoyed more than others but found all of them to be interesting and enlightening.  She writes about everything from her childhood, surrounded by books, to combining her library with her husbands only after being together for ten years and being married for five.  I particularly found the essay 'My Odd Shelf' to be compelling as it directly relates to my own reading life and I have never heard another author address it.Ms. Fadiman grew up in a family much different than mine and it could be easy to classify her background (and therefore her essays) to be as upper-crust and snobbish.  However, one of the reasons I enjoy reading is to understand others' backgrounds and perspectives.  This collection accomplishes that, in addition to an excellent overview of significant literature that is helpful.Bottom line:  Quite a good volume that is 4+ stars for me.  I also purchased it recently as a graduation gift for a young woman who just earned her bachelor's degree in creative writing.  It will be a nice addition to her library.

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    Stifle that yawn!
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2012*

This little book has been sitting on my shelf for a while. I've dipped into it on a couple of occasions, always to put it down. I'm a great admirer of Anne Fadiman's "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down," so I couldn't quite figure out why "Ex Libris" did not hold my attention, even though some of the essays are delightful.Since the third time is reputed to be a charm, I recently picked it up again, determined to read it through. I did, and I also discovered the reasons for my struggle to enjoy the book. The first is the repeated appearance of The Fadiman Family (father, mother, son, daughter Anne, and Anne's husband, an honorary Fadiman). In these essays, the Fadimans, certified bibliophiles, are like interesting dinner guests who stay on for a game of Trivial Pursuit and end up winning it all before the other guests have put a single slice in their own little trivia pies. No fun.Perhaps the Fadimans overstay their welcome in "Ex Libris" because many of these essays were published separately in Civilization and later collected in this volume. Repetition is an all too common problem in essay collections.There may be a solution. Leave the book on the nightstand. Pick it up every few months and open the book to a random spot---middle, end. Read from front to back. Try back to front. The author even has a number of useful observations on reading in bed.M. Feldman

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Beautiful collection of essays
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2022*

I purchased this as a !.99 kindle buy, and after finishing immediately bought  2 hard copies to give as gifts to friends who are readers.  I could not have loved this book more - the author's love of books and of reading and of words and of family come through in a series of beautifully written essays on her lifelong relationship with books and scenarios that are original and familiar at the same time.

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